# Tell me this is a joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563 "2002-06-12T01:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/1 "2002-06-12T01:54:53Z")
Someone please tell me they can’t be serious: > **[Global consulting services](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/consulting-services/index.jhtml)** > > We believe in making the changes that make a difference. Delivering big ideas, integrated technologies, and better experiences for everyone touched by your business, every step of the way. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid\_2035000/2035803.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2035000/2035803.stm) > [@](#): > > The word on the street is that the PwC board called their creatives last Friday. “Have you come up with a name yet?” they asked. > > “Probably Monday” said their contact. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/2 "2002-06-12T03:46:24Z")
Well, if it’s not a joke, I recommend psychological and/or drug testing for them. That is the silliest company name I’ve heard in a long time. Maybe someone snapped under the pressure of the whole Enron mess? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/3 "2002-06-12T04:43:31Z")
It’s a brilliant ploy. Think of all the unpaid advertising they’ve recieved from the media, all remarking on what a stoooopid name it is. They couldn’t have asked for a better deal. EVERYONE will now know what ‘Monday’ is… ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/4 "2002-06-12T11:54:01Z")
Err, I don’t think you can call yourselves after a common English word and get away with it. Like Coke and ‘always’ it’s not the always that copyrighted, but the style and font (IIRC). I think they’re idiots. Monday Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/5 "2002-06-12T12:04:10Z")
\ Tell me why… I don’t like Mondays Tell me why I don’t like Mon-Days Tell me why I wanna shoot the whole day down! \ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/6 "2002-06-12T14:27:25Z")
That’s _PwC’d up_, man. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/7 "2002-06-12T23:21:52Z")
What I want to know is what ironing your shirt and setting your alarm has to do with consulting. (See [www.monday.com](http://www.monday.com)). ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-is-a-joke/113563/8 "2002-06-13T00:11:22Z")
Hmmm… I think just calling themselves “Not Enron” would work better. But I think if they go through with it, they’ll soon be [toast](http://167.14.49.114/us/monday.nsf/06Monday.jpg).